And the ATA light is still blinking. Although I did not hear the relay clicking sound from the right side any more. Also pulled the B fuse and the light kept on blinking.

Thanks for your help and have a great Thanksgiving!

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Tim Benner

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Pull fuse C and # 11....

Pulled fuse C and the interior light came on (with doors closed) and the ATA light stopped blinking but still no start. Locked and unloced with no change. Pulled fuse #11 with no change at all except that the interior light did not come on. I should mention (just incase it is related) mthat my dome light does not come on with the driver's door open. I know there is a relay that I need to replace or resolder to fix that.

Thanks again for your help. I hope it is better than 29* in sunny Florida!

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Tim Benner

00 ML320 170K
95 E320 wgn 160K

Well, you have a problem in the ATA circuit , but I can not tell you where from what we have so far..
I would pull the cluster and jumper therminals 1 and 3 at the K38 relay ..this will eliminate the ATA starter lockout and get the car to start as if there was no ATA system.
If you want to diagnoses the Alarm, it will take a schematic and a meter to chase it out. Might be worth it to just not to have the alarm.... as Canadian Versions do.

Eliminating the alarm sounds like the best idea at this point! Would that involve just making a permanent jumper between pins 1 and 3 at the K38 relay? Would this eliminate the ATA light flashing and the relay clicking under the dash? Or would I need to also pull that relay, where ever it is? It sounds like that is coming from the right side.

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Tim Benner

00 ML320 170K
95 E320 wgn 160K